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qiào

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qiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiào | qiao4
English translation
hole
opening
orifice (of the human body)
(fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
hole, opening, aperture

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About qiào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

qiào

Contains the radical

xué

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hole

Etymology of qiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

穴巧

Semantic compound

xué

Phonetic compound

qiǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and qiǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of qiào .

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Example sentences using qiào

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zuò 煎蛋 jiān dàn bǐng bìng nán , dàn yǒu 窍门 qiàomén .

Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.

Jiào 算术 suàn shù yǒu 诀窍 jué qiào .

He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.

能光 kào 傻劲儿, zhǎo 窍门 qiàomén .

Enthusiasm alone won't do . You've got to work skilfully.

shì bèn , 不过 bùguò duì Qián de shì ,一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng .

I'm not stupid; but I don't know anything about money.

gāng 开始 kāishǐ 有点儿 yǒu diǎn r nán 掌握 zhǎngwò 窍门 qiàomén Hòu jiù hǎo le

It'sa bit tricky at first till you get the hang of it.

Words with qiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiào hole qiào
诀窍 jué qiào secret訣竅
窍门 qiàomén a trick竅門
一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng it's all Greek to me一竅不通
开窍 kāi qiào to get it straight開竅
鬼迷心窍 guǐ mí xīn qiào to be obsessed鬼迷心竅
七窍 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth七竅
财迷心窍 cái mí xīn qiào mad about money (idiom)財迷心竅
七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān fig. to seethe with anger七竅生煙
心窍 xīn qiào the mind心竅
窍门儿 qiào mén r a trick竅門兒

qiào Decomposition & Compounds

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qiào Decomposition

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